Mud or dust protector for buggies.



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' v G. H. KEELEY.

MUD 0R DUST PROTECTOR FOR BGGIES.

led In. 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

No. 057,001. Patented Supt. u, |900.

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MUD 0R DUST PROTECTOR FOR BUGGIEVS. (Applicamn mad Mar. a, 1906.) (N0 Model.) 2 Shests-Sheat 2.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEr eEoReE II. KEELEY, on MILFoRD, ILLINOIS.

MUD OR- DUST PROTEVCTOR FORIBUGGIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,601, dated September 11, 1900.

' Application filed nach 3.19005 seminar/,229. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. KEELEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milford, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulMud or Dust Protector for Buggies, dac., of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to` improvements in mud and dust protectors for buggies, cari riages, and other vehicles.

One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of covers or pro,-- tectors for the boxes or bodies of buggies, carriages, and other vehicles and to provide a simple and comparatively-inexpensive one capable of protecting the body from mud,

dirt, water, and the like, and thereby obviate.

the necessity of washing the, body and avoid scratching or otherwise injuring the varnish and finish of the vehicle bysuch operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character adapted to be` readily placed on and removed fromrthe body or box of the vehicle and capable of being securely retained in place without employing fastening devices, the use of which on the vehicle will be objectionable when the cover or protector is not in position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter'fully described,` illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a protector constructed in accordanceV with this invention and shown applied to the.

body or box of a buggy.` Fig.` 2 is a similar view of the body portion of the protector removed from the body or box. gitudinal sectional view,` the parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 1. verse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the shield for protecting the back and sides of the seat. Fig. is a detail perspective view of one of the resilient clasps. 1

to be applied to the box or body2'0f a buggy,"

carriage, or other vehicle and constructedrof suitable material, such as oil-clotl1,and con- Fig. tis a trans-` lforming to the contiguration of thebox or body, as clearly illustrated in Fig.` l of the accompanying drawings. The bodyor cover, which is approximately rectangular, is comiposed of sides 3, a front 4, and rear sections 5, overlapped to form a back, as illustrated lin dotted lines in Fig. 2. The front 4 of the jprotector or cover is extended above the sides 3 to fit the dashboard and is provided with `an upper inverted pocket 6, ,receiving the upper extended portion of the dashboard and jcomposed of inner and outer portions, as lclearly illustrated in Fig. 3, the inner portion 7 being arranged over the inner face of the extended portion of the dashboard and extending downward from the top thereof to fthe upper edges of the sides 3. The sides 3 are provided at their tops with central exgtensions 8, projecting upward, as clearly I:shown in Fig. 2, and conforming to the configuration of the' side `supports for the seat. The extensions 8 are provided at their front and rear ends with aps 9, having buttonholes and adapted to be buttoned or otherwise secured'to the supports or extensions l0 `of the s idesot thebox or body at the ends of the seat. The sides are provided in advance `and in rear of the extensions 8 with short in- 4ner portions 1l and 12, depending within ther body or box 2 and extending downward from `the upper edges thereof, as clearly illustrated `fin Fig. 4 of the drawings. VBy this construction the sides of the protector cover the entire outer faces of the sides ot the body or box `and extend over the upper edges of the same j and extend downward a considerabledistauce `over the inner faces of the sides in advance fand ilu rear of the seat. The front and rear portions of the sides are substantially in- :verted-U-shaped in cross-section, and the overlapped sections 5 of the back of the protector are of substantially the same construction, being composed of inner and outer por- `tions and supported on the upper edges of the back of the body or box.

A{resilient clasps 13, approximatelyI U-shaped il and secured within the materialof which the Qprotector is constructed, vwhereby they are ladapted to clamp the body or box without marring the same. The'clasps, which are constructed of steel or other resilient mate- The sides and the back ofthe protector are provided with.

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I the lbox or body.

The sides and back of the seat 17 are protected by a shield 18, buttoned or otherwise secured in position, as illustrated in Fig. l'of the drawings, and provided with side eXtensions 19, disposed horizontally and 'conformingto the configuration of thesides of the seat.. The shield issubstantially rectangular,

as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Its

upper portion conforms to the configuration depends below the same to the lower edges of the inner portions of the sides 3. The upper portion yof the shield is provided at'the top and side edges of the buttonhole 20 to engage buttons 21 ot' the back of the seat, andthose buttons usually employed for securing 'the back curtain to the seat may be utilized for attaching the shield. The side extensions 19 ortne shield are provided at their upper same and buttonholes or eyelets of the exten-v sions S. When the protector and the shield are det-ached from the box or body and the' seat, they may be compactly rolled together and kept within *theV body orbox for instant and comparatively inexpensive in construcuse.

It will be seen that the device is simple i tion,- that it is adapted to be readily l applied to all kinds of vehicles, and that it is capable of protecting the'same from mud, dirt, water, and the like and of preventing the scratching and other injury tothe finish of vehicles resulting from the operation of cleaning-them.

It willalso be apparent that the device is securely retained in place without the employment of fastening devices, which injure or otherwise impair the use of the box or body" when the protector is 'not in use. Furthermore,by the particular construction ot the clasps,'which have inner shortsides andv outer long sides to conform to the construction off the protector and which extend to the lower Vedges of the outer sides, as clearly shown inT Figs. 3 and 4, it will bel apparent that the protector is effectually prevented from blowing upward or away from the body or'box and'l exposing the latter.

What is claimed is 1. A protect-or for vehicles comprising the front, back and sides composed of vinner and" f outer portions and supported upon the upper edges of the body or box of the vehicle, the back being composed of overlapped sections, substantially as described.

V2. A protector for vehicles comprising the front, back and sides composed of inner and outer portions and su pported upon the upper edges of the box or body of the vehicle and provided with app roxim ately U -shaped clasps Ylocatedat thesides and back,fsubstantially as described.

3. A protector for vehicles comprising the front having anv inverted pocket to receive lthe dashboard, the sides arranged on the exterior of the sides of the box or body and pro- 4vided with inner dependingfront and rear portions located vin advance and in rear ot the seat, and the back having inner and outer .,portions, Asubstantially as described.

of the back of the seat, and its lower portion 4; A protector for vehicles composed of the ;front back and sides `consisting of inner and outer portions and supported upon the upper edges of the bodyor box, said sides being provided between their ends with extensions loy cated atthe endsof the seat, and a shield arranged at the back of the seat and provided with opposite extensions arranged above the said extensions, substantially as described.

5. .A protector Iorvehicles conlprlsing the front back and sides, and the shield designed to be arranged on the back of the seat and .provided at the sides ol't the box or body of the vehicle, with extensions located at the arms or ends -of theseat, substantially as described. v

6. A protector for vehicles comprising the front, back and sides composed of inner and outer portions and the `approximately U- shaped clasps located at the back and sides ,and conforming to the configuration of the ,inner and outer portionsjof'the same and extending to the lower'edges of the outerportions, `whereby the latterv` are held closely against the body or box-of 'the vehicle and .are prevented from blowing upward Aand exposing thesame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7.` A protector for vehicles conforming to :the configuration of a box 'or body and com- :posed of 'inner an'douter portions, the inner portions being shorter than theouter portions, l and the 'approxi mately U shaped clasps havig short' inner sides'and long outer sides to :conform to the 'inner and outer portions of vthe protector, the outer sides of the clasps j being extended to the lower edges of the outer Aportions of the protectorto hold the same closely 'against the'body or box, substantially as described.

Intestim'ony that I claim the foregoing as the presence of twowitnesses. f

- GEORGEHKEELEY. Witnessesz f c GEO. E. NICKEL,

RALPH C. SLEAD;

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